Been waiting two years to find an excuse to run a photo of Doug Henning. The famous Douglas Magicland, formerly on North Ervay till its myriad moves around Dallas preceding its disappearing act, received a shout-out in yesterday’s New York Times. Came in a story about Dallas-born magic man John…
Several Friends of Unfair Park have pointed our attention this a.m. to Mitch Albom’s column in the Detroit Free Press, previewing the previously unfathomable Stars-Red Wings Game Six tonight at the American Airlines Center. Albom, the favorite sports columnist of every mother in America, writes that Red Wings netminder Chris…
We were highly anticipating seeing Mayor Tom Leppert bust out some rock moves with Guitar Hero III today, but he wussed out. The plan was for the mayor and Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes to duke it out with plastic guitars; only, it evolved into two suits trying too damned hard…
Joseph Mallord William Turner’s Battle of Trafalgar There’s only a few days left to catch the biggest-ever J.M.W. Turner exhibit, on display at the Dallas Museum of Art till SundayMay 25. And even if landscapes don’t sound sexy to you, you’d best check it out. Not only was Turner one…
On Monday, the state of Texas will begin a series of hearings that will determine what members of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints sect must do to be reunited with their children, who were seized during the April 3 raid of the Yearning For Zion ranch. By that time, the…
Really, this is just a post for the 4-year-old who lives in my house. Alas, though, there is a decent local connection, as Arlington resident and Star Wars Super Collector’s Wish Book author Geoffrey T. Carlton is selling on eBay his Star Wars Trilogy Arcade Game, which he bought to…
PBC minister Joe Barron That was awful quick: Prestonwood Baptist Church has all but eradicated the name Joe Barron from its Web site — and with good reason, as today the Bryan-College Station Eagle has the news that the 52-year-old Barron, listed as a Minister of Married Adult III on…
Days after Farmers Branch voters handed Tim O’Hare a mandate to enforce immigration laws — or at least try — and Carrollton voters replaced Don Henley’s fiancée with O’Hare of the dog that bit you, folks and leaders along Texas’ southern border seem to feel a bit differently. They’re more…
Brian Loncar Editor’s note: When I posted this item this morning, it appeared as though no one was seriously injured in last night’s accident. Clearly, that has changed, as evidenced by the updates I have posted throughout the day, and the tone of the original item is no longer appropriate…
One of Stop Him Now’s features is a cartoon titled “The Oval Office,” in which Barack Obama’s been elected president — a “scary peek,” says the site. Looks like Richard Collins, Dallas businessman and Republican moneybags, has decided to steer his swift boat in another direction: The man who’s poured…
CNN James Lee Woodard, getting a driver’s license after 27 years in prison Speaking of local news stories getting national attention this a.m., CNN follows in 60 Minutes’ footsteps with a story about James Lee Woodard, who was released from prison on April 29 after serving 27 years for a…
We began the week with news of Bryan Adams High School outfitting chronic truants with Global Positioning System monitors, which lead to a heated, inevitable debate over their use. And it hasn’t ended: Yesterday, National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation ran a lengthy segment on the devices’ use at…
Allegedly drunk Parkhill Junior High substitute teacher Thomas Brownlee, meet David Letterman. –Robert Wilonsky…
Had no idea we were smack dab in the middle of Texas Tourism Week — but, yup, so says Gov. Haircut, who’s sent the missus out to promote the state to the rest of the U.S. and A. with “a mobile, high-tech, interactive exhibit that uses the latest techniques in…
A heapin’ helpin’ of huzzahs and mazel tovs are in order today for two Dallas Observer staffers: Megan Feldman and Alexander Flores. Both are among the finalists in the 13th annual AltWeekly Awards, which will be handed out by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies during the first week of June…
Yet another conceptual drawing of a far-off project pushed further back on the calendar. Last night at 10, WFAA-Channel 8 ran a good story on the growing delays in the Trinity River toll road timeline. According to Mayor Tom Leppert’s own metric for the cost of delays, the toll road…
Steiner + Associates This rendering of Glorypark’s about as close as you’ll get to the real thing for a long, long while. Just nine days ago, the new CEO for the Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau — Jay Burress, still a senior veep at Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau for…
Vonciel Jones Hill If it weren’t for two members of the city council yesterday, I don’t think the public would ever have known what just happened on that convention hotel deal. It wasn’t the price of the land. It wasn’t the location of the hotel. Those were red herrings. The…
Because, really, what in the wide world of sweating is more Dallas than Inspa’s “L.E.D. Sauna Room”? The New York Times on Sunday reviewed the swanky Inspa — better known as “A Funhouse Floating in a Korean Spa,” located in Queens. And why should that peak Dallasites’ interest, given it’s…
Ruth Sharp Altshuler Now, Ruth Sharp Altshuler for the defense. In this week’s subscription-only Chronicle of Philanthropy, Dr. Ken’s missus weighs in on behalf of UT Southwestern Medical Center’s prez, Dr. Kern Wildenthal, who, as you no doubt recall, has been pro’d and con’d to death in the mag’s pages…
Sorry, but this is heresy—must be a typo, eh? Elvis C. sharing a bill—and opening no less—for that shite lite-jazz-rock trio formerly known as The Police? At least you can boogie out of the shed early, before Sting and the geezers launch into their soggy soccer-mom redos of “Walking on…
Radiohead’s only the best live band in the world, as evidenced by the countless in-concert bootlegs (and the sole official release) that way outstrip the studio efforts, even when recorded from inside a concertgoer’s back pocket 5,294 rows from the stage. Since The Bends, anyway, the albums have sounded as…
